UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949
Experiment On Rats Gives Clue To Atomic Radiation
What happens to animals and human beings subjected to radiation following an atom bomb blast is indicated in an experiment with 16 rats conducted at the University by Jerry William Brown, graduate student in anatomy.
Brown injected into each of the experimental rats a small dose of
Brown injected into each radium chloride. The rats were killed between 28 and 33 days following the injection. Then Brown made a microscopic examination of the animals' lymph tissue. He counted the cells and found that the growth of cells in the lymph nodes of the rats' bodies had been retarded by the radium chloride.
The effect of atom bomb radiation and radium chloride radiation is similar, Brown said. Consequently, cells in lymph tissue of animals and human beings surviving an atom bomb explosion would be retarded in the same manner as in the rats in the experiment. Brown reasoned.
Both the rats and the human beings then "have radiation sickness," he commented.
Dr. Paul G. Roofe, professor of anatomy, explained that the lymph system is "most sensitive" to radiation. Next in sensitivity is bone marrow, gonads, intestinal tracts, and the lungs. The kidneys, brain and liver are practically insensitive, he said.
Brown's paper recently won the annual $100 School of Medicine Award for Research. He will receive his master's degree in June.
Phi Lambda Theta, honorary national education fraternity for women, recently elected the following officers for next year:
A further study on the effect of radium chloride on 50 rats is being made in the department of anatomy.
President, Elsie Lemon, senior;
first vice-president, Marjorie Lane,
junior; second vice-president, Mary
Elizabeth Kerr, junior; secretary,
Dorothy Christiansen, junior.
Treasurer, Ruth Kenny, director of correspondence study for University extension; assistant treasurer; Doris Barackman, junior; keeper of records, Mrs. Emil Turney.
Women's Education Society Elects New Officers
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London—(U.P.)Russia and the Western Powers have agreed to lift the Berlin blockade Thursday, May 12 an dset a meeting of the Big Four for May 23, it was learned today.
Blockade Ends May 12
The date for lifting the blockade involved a slight compromise by the West. That for the meeting of the council of foreign ministers was a compromise by the Russians.
The East and West now were discussing in New York the details of lifting the blockade.
The West originally proposed Monday, May 9 for the lifting of the blockade, and Monday, May 23, for the council meeting. Russia's initial suggestion was Mid-June.
Camp Counselors Course Final Meeting Today
The final meeting of the camp counselors training course will be held at 4 p.m. today in Myers hall. The meeting will be led by Robert A. Drewelow, College sophomore, and will be a round-up and general summary of the course.
Rainy day programs and specific camp problems were discussed at a meeting Tuesday.The meeting was led by Larry Heeb, Lawrence recreational director, and Jerre A. Quin, College junior. Mr. Heeb and Miss Quin related some personal camp problems and explained methods of solving the problems.
Students Set Up New Radio Station
Several students who live at Oread hall have organized a radio station this past week. They broadcast at 10 o'clock nightly on radio frequency 1,600.The range of the station is limited to a radius of 200 yards around Oread hall.
The call letters of the station are BPOAC which stands for the Benevolent Protective Order of the Arisen $ ^{\circ} $
The call letters of the station in
Livert Protective Order of the Arisen
Coolie. The program is called "The
Voice of Freedom."
The broadcasts are a satire on dormitory life. The main targets of the broadcasts are the student proctors who are detailed to keep order in the hall.
The station also gives the current events of the dormitory such as the results of the intramural games involving Oread hall teams and gossip. It also advertises services such as typing, laundry, tutoring, and quiz files offered by students.
Sponsors do not expect the station to last through this week because they have a vast amount of studying to do.
Home Economics Club Elects Miss Happy
Joan Happy, education junior, was elected president of the Home Economics club Tuesday at a meeting in the model dining room of Fraser.
Other new officers are vice-president, Janette Pololl; secretary, Mary Pinkney, treasurer; Patricia Jordon, social chairman; Betty Hatcher; and publicity chairmen, Etta M. Cooper and Jean Moorhouse. All are College juniors except Miss Pinkney who is an education junior.
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